Laura Maltby has been the chair of the Membership Committee here at First Parish Dorchester for the past three years. She will share a few of her thoughts about how we might make our congregation even more welcoming, both for those who are already part of our community as well as for those who come … Continue reading Welcome Home
Reflecting on things shared on Facebook Here’s the video of the service: For this service, In-person attendance is described below. If joining by Zoom, please use the regular First Parish Zoom account: https://zoom.us/j/4438056805 – Please note the time change – summer services start at 10am! If you join us in person, please wear your mask and sit … Continue reading Onlne Wisdom
As we emerge and energetically re-engage with the community around us, let us consider past examples of outreach and working with community groups and how that experience can inform the opportunities and challenges ahead. Here’s the video of the service: For this service, In-person attendance is described below. If joining by Zoom, please use the … Continue reading Meetinghouse Parables
Worship leader: Lucas Gonzalez Milliken and the Summer Worship Team Social Hour to follow the service for fellowship and connection. For this service, In-person attendance is described below. If joining by Zoom, please use the regular First Parish Zoom account: https://zoom.us/j/4438056805 – Please note the time change – summer services start at 10am! Sunday Services from July … Continue reading A Celebration of Lay Leadership
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis will serve as worship leaders for this year’s GA Sunday Morning Service. Music will be offered through collaboration with 2021 GA Choir Director Susan Mashiyama, the GA virtual choir, and musicians from First Universalist. Go to this page for the link to the streaming service, which will be available on Sunday … Continue reading UUA General Assembly Streaming Service
As we welcome the summer months and relish the beauty around us, let us create and feel the full bodied joy that fuels us. We cannot live a life of fullness unless we can feel our joy all the way into our toes. We cannot sustain real work for change in the world unless we … Continue reading Full Bodied Joy
Playing pretend can give us an empowering way to work through and express different parts of ourselves. It can also be the most disempowering and soul draining thing when it is forced upon us for survival. Join us as we celebrate the ways in which we are creating a world where everyone is honored and … Continue reading Playing Pretend
As spiritual people, we often value slowing down, taking our time, and being intentional. And – there are also truths that can only be revealed while we are moving and things we can only learn by doing them. Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen preaches about mountain biking and all that can be revealed while in motion.Rev. Elizabeth … Continue reading Hard to Ride a Bike That’s Not Moving
Looking at stories from various traditions, let us consider how the sky has united us consider how the sky has united us and will support us as we explore ways to connect again. Social Hour to follow the service for fellowship and connection. See Less Guest preacher Rev. Ashley DeTar Birt is the Program Coordinator for … Continue reading Stories of the Sky
We all have various origin stories – personal, familial, cultural, communal and cultural. Our origin stories can have a big impact on how we understand ourselves. How we interrogate or accept those stories matters. Join us as we explore the power of origin stories in our lives. Rev. Elizabeth Carrier-Ladd preaching.
